Re: VimDiff printing - close but no cigar

On Friday, October 12, 2012 11:15:51 AM UTC-5, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> >>
> >> The problem is that the files contain long lines - after the HTML
> >> conversion, the long lines in the browser are viewable by using the
> >> scroll bars at the bottom of each panel but when printed, the lines
> >> are
> >> truncated ie only the stuff on the screen with the scroll bars at
> >> hard
> >> left are printed.
> >>
> >
> > Oh yuck. I don't know of a good way around that. Either you accept
> > truncated lines, or you turn on word wrapping and risk a misaligned
> > diff. If you're lucky the diff will still align correctly and the
> > word
> > wrapping will solve your problem.
>
> I should have said - I did try that but the output in html is still
> long lines.
>
> > Try converting again after doing a
> > ":let g:html_pre_wrap=1". Normally it defaults to the same value as
> > your 'wrap' option, which is off for good reason during a diff, but
> > this will force it on.
>
> I still get long lines in the output . .
>

If by "long lines in the output" you mean, you printed from your browser, and lines got truncated rather than wrapped, this is very surprising. This is a very simple feature and should work.

I just tested with a diff HTML file generated by Vim with long lines in the file.

On Opera, the print preview shows wrapped lines regardless of the html_pre_wrap setting. In IE8 and Chrome, without html_pre_wrap, the long lines are truncated. With html_pre_wrap, the lines wrap as expected.

What are you seeing? Can you attach some sample output, or at least the <meta> lines in the generated output? What version of what browser are you printing from?

--
You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php